otter

See also: Otter

English

otter (1)

Etymology 1

From Middle English oter, otir, otur, otyre, from Old English otor, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“aquatic, water-animal”), from Proto-Indo-European *wed- (“water”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Otter, Dutch otter, German Otter, Swedish utter, Norwegian oter, Icelandic otur, Sanskrit उद्र (udrá), Russian вы́дра (výdra), and Ancient Greek ὕδρα (húdra, “water snake”). More etymology under English water.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɒt.ə/
• (US) enPR: ŏtʹər, IPA^(key): /ˈɑtɚ/, [(ʔ)ɑɾɚ]
• Homophone: odder (US)
• Rhymes: -ɒtə(ɹ)

Noun

otter (plural otters)

1. An aquatic or marine carnivorous mammal in the subfamily Lutrinae of the family Mustelidae, which also includes weasels, polecats, badgers, and others.
2. (gay slang) A hairy man with a slender physique, in contrast with a bear, who is more thickset.

Derived terms

terms derived from otter (mammal)

• European otter (Lutra lutra)
• giant otter (Pteronura brasiliensis)
• marine otter (Lontra felina)
• otterless
• otterish
• otterlike

• Otter Tail County
• ottery
• river otter (Lontra spp.)
• sea otter (Enhydra lutris)

Translations

mammal

• Albanian: lundërz (sq) f, vidër (sq) f
• Algonquin: nigig
• Arabic: ثَعْلَب الْمَاء‎ m (ṯaʿlab al-māʾ)
• Armenian: ջրասամույր (hy) (ǰrasamuyr)
• Assamese: উদ (ud)
• Asturian: llóndriga f, llóndrigu m
• Azerbaijani: susamuru
• Basque: igaraba (eu), urtxakur (eu)
• Bau Bidayuh: biron
• Belarusian: вы́дра f (výdra)
• Bengali: ভোঁদড় (bhõdôṛ)
• Breton: dourgi (br) m, ki-dour (br) m
• Bulgarian: ви́дра (bg) f (vídra)
• Burmese: ဖျံ (my) (hpyam)
• Catalan: llúdria (ca) f, llúdriga f
• Central Melanau: dengen
• Chepang: तीःचोरो
• Cherokee: ᏥᏯ (tsiya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水獺 (zh), 水獭 (zh) (shuǐtǎ)

• Chipewyan: ną́bį
• Chukchi: кыквэтвун (kykvėtvun), нэннэт (nėnnėt)
• Czech: vydra (cs) f
• Danish: odder (da) c
• Dutch: otter (nl) m
• Erzya: пачалапа (pačalapa)
• Esperanto: lutro
• Estonian: saarmas
• Faroese: otur m
• Finnish: saukko (fi)
• French: loutre (fr) f
• Friulian: lodre
• Galician: lontra (gl), londra, ludra f, lóndrega f
• Georgian: წავი (c̣avi)
• German: Otter (de) m
• Greek: βίδρα (el) f (vídra)
• Hebrew: לוּטְרָה‎ (he) f (lútra), כֶּלֶב נָהָר‎ m (kélev nahar)
• Hindi: ऊदबिलाव (hi) m (ūdbilāv), ऊद (hi) m (ūd)
• Hungarian: vidra (hu)
• Icelandic: otur m
• Ido: lutro (io)
• Indonesian: linsang (id)
• Irish: dobharchú (ga) m, madra uisce (ga) m, dobhrán (ga) m, cú dobhráin (ga) m

  Old Irish: doburchú f

• Italian: lontra (it) f
• Japanese: (freshwater) 獺 (ja) (かわうそ, kawauso), 川獺 (かわうそ, kawauso), カワウソ (ja) (kawauso), (marine) 海獺 (ja) (らっこ, rakko), ラッコ (ja) (rakko)
• Jingpho: shäram
• Kazakh: кәмшат (kämşat), қамшат (qamşat)
• Khmer: ភេ (km) (phei)
• Korean: 수달 (ko) (sudal)
• Kyrgyz: кундуз (ky) (kunduz)
• Ladin: lontra
• Lao: ນາກ (nāk)
• Latgalian: iudrys m
• Latin: lutra f
• Latvian: ūdrs m
• Lithuanian: ūdra (lt) f
• Low German: Otter m
• Lun Bawang: dengen
• Macedonian: видра f (vidra)
• Malay: anjing air, berang-berang

  Jawi: انجيڠ اءير‎, برڠ٢‎

• Malayalam: നീർനായ (nīrnāya)
• Maltese: lutra
• Manx: dooarchoo m, moddey ushtey m
• Marathi: पाणमांजर (pāṇmāñjar)
• Mi'kmaq: giwnig anim
• Mon: ဖေံ
• Navajo: tábąąstíín
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: oter (no) m

  Nynorsk: oter m

• Occitan: loira (oc) f
• Old English: otor m
• Oriya: ଓଧ (odhô)
• Ossetian:

  Digor: урдӕ (urdæ)

  Iron: уырд (wyrd)

• Persian: سمور آبی‎ (samur-e âbi)
• Pipil: ākuyūt
• Pirahã: pibaóí
• Polish: wydra (pl) f
• Portuguese: lontra (pt)
• Romanian: lutră (ro) f, vidră (ro) f
• Romansch: ludra f, lutra f
• Russian: вы́дра (ru) f (výdra)
• Sami: čeavrris
• Santali: ᱚᱫᱟᱢ (ôdam), ᱩᱫᱟᱢ (udam)
• Sardinian: lontra
• Scottish Gaelic: dòbhran m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ви̏дра f

  Roman: vȉdra (sh) f

• Sicilian: lutra (scn) f
• Slovak: vydra f
• Slovene: vidra (sl) f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wudra f

  Upper Sorbian: wudra f

• Southern Sami: tjeavra
• Spanish: nutria (es) f, lutria f
• Sranan Tongo: watradagu
• Swahili: ota (sw)
• Swedish: utter (sv) c
• Tagal Murut: tilung
• Tagalog: dungon
• Tajik: самури обӣ (samuri obī), сагобӣ (sagobī), саги обӣ (sagi obī)
• Tamil: நீர்நாய் (ta) (nīrnāy)
• Telugu: ఉద్రము (udramu), నీటి కుక్క (nīṭi kukka)
• Thai: นาก (th) (nâak)
• Turkish: susamuru (tr), lutr (tr)
• Turkmen: gunduz
• Ukrainian: ви́дра f (výdra)
• Urdu: اودبلاؤ‎ m (ūd-bilā'o)
• Uzbek: qunduz (uz)
• Venetian: lùdria f, lodra
• Vietnamese: rái cá (vi), rái (vi)
• Volapük: lutar (vo)
• Walloon: lote (wa)
• Welsh: dyfrgi m, dwrgi m
• West Coast Bajau: dongor, embirud
• West Frisian: fiskotter
• Yiddish: ווידרע‎ f (vidre)
• Zhuang: nag

slender hairy man

• Finnish: apina (fi)
• Japanese: 熊 (ja) (くま, kuma)

• Navajo: ditłʼoiitsʼózí
• Turkish: (literally "bear") ayı (tr)

Etymology 2

Corruption of annotto.

Noun

otter (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) annatto (dye)

References

• Webster 1913 [1]

Anagrams

• Treto, ortet, toret, torte, toter

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Danish

Noun

otter c (singular definite otteren, plural indefinite ottere)

1. eight (the card rank between seven and nine)

Inflection

Declension of otter

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	otter	otteren	ottere	otterene
genitive	otters	otterens	otteres	otterenes

See also

Playing cards in Danish · kort, spillekort (layout · text)
es	toer	treer	firer	femmer	sekser	syver
otter	nier	tier	knægt, bonde	dame, dronning	konge	joker

References

• “otter” in Den Danske Ordbog

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch otter, from Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.tər/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: ot‧ter
• Rhymes: -ɔtər

Noun

otter m (plural otters, diminutive ottertje n)

1. otter

Derived terms

• zeeotter

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Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch *ottar, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Noun

otter m

1. otter, European otter

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: otter
• Limburgish: ódder

Further reading

• “otter”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• “otter”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

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Middle English

Noun

otter

1. Alternative form of oter

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse otr, from Proto-Germanic *utraz, from Proto-Indo-European *udrós (“water-animal, otter”), from *wed- (“water”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʊtːər/, [ɯ̞́ᵝtʰːe̞ɾ], [ɔ́tʰːe̞ɾ]

  Rhymes: -ʊ́tər, -ər

Noun

otter m

1. otter; a mammal of the family Mustelidae

Derived terms

• otterber